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Hebrews 11:40 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 11 · verse 40
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.Hebrews 11:40 · King James Version
Hebrews 11:40 in context
38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
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Key words (Strong's)
- providedproblepōto foresee, to provideG4265 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- betterkreittōnmore useful, more serviceable, more advantageous, more excellentG2909 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 32-40